After a fairly routine Opening Stage, the Esports World Cup reached its final phase.

MOUZ, FURIA, NAVI, FaZe, Team Spirit, G2, Team Vitality, and Virtus.pro have all moved one step closer to the $400,000 prize and the honor of being crowned World Champions.

Well, no one will actually call them that - it’s just for dramatic effect.

On one side of the bracket, MOUZ faced off against FURIA, with Jimpphat stepping up with an impressive 1.61 rating to secure a 2-1 series victory.

Meanwhile, in a Major Final rematch, NAVI found FaZe to be a tough nut to crack, but managed to prevail after two hard-fought maps.

In the semifinal matchup, w0nderful went supernova, obliterating MOUZ with a 1.61 rating in a 2-1 victory to secure a Grand Final spot. s1mple, get ready to learn Chinese buddy.

On the other side of the bracket, m0NESY confirmed his ‘highlight machine’ status in G2’s 2-1 victory over Team Spirit, sending donk packing with an unusually low 1.04 event rating.

In VP’s case, Jame really didn’t want to go home. In a display of mental fortitude, the fragging IGL and his team quickly got rid of Vitality after dropping the first map in a grueling 18-round overtime.

It didn’t take long for VP to pick de_airport though. The second semis matchup saw G2 dispatch them with a commanding 2-0 sweep, largely thanks to 2017 NiKo making a comeback and putting up a 1.89 series rating. Okay, it’s happening. Everybody stay calm. NiKo is (finally) back. Oh, and m0NESY is also pretty good.

In the end, the Grand Final matchup proved to be everything we hoped for and more.